Lieut.-Colonel MALONEasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a draft of men from the 5th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, is now under immediate orders for Egypt from Rugeley Camp; and whether he is aware that the bulk of these men are Derby men, and that very strong feeling prevails in the camp in view of the repeated assurances given in this House that no Derby man should be sent farther East than the Army of the Rhine?
§ Mr. FORSTERIn the instructions given for the draft in question it was particularly specified that no Derby man was to be included A further order has been issued to this effect and a Report has also been called for as to whether any such men have been included in the draft.